University Council
Dec. 2, 2009

–   Budget Update FY10
–   FY11 Budget Issues
–   Campus Updates

State Appropriations
FY09 (July 1, 2008) = $98 M
FY10 (July 1, 2009) = $83 M
Reduction = $15 M
Early FY10 Reduction/Reversion = $8.3 M
Total Reduction to General Fund Budget = $23.3 M
State Appropriations (Adjusted)
FY09 (July 1, 2008) = $98 M
FY10 (Dec. 2, 2009) = $75 M

Strategies to address FY10 Budget
(before reversion)
•   Permanent reductions
–   Central
–   Divisional
•   Delays in hiring
•   Early Retirement & Incentive Program (ERIP)
•   American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

FY10 Budget Reduction/Reversion Plan
•   Use unbudgeted tuition revenue $2.7 M
•
•   Reallocations/permanent reductions $1.0 M
•   Redirect a portion of the ARRA funds $1.0 M
•   Temporary reduction in
TIAA-CREF contributions
Temporary layoffs
•   Tuition surcharge
$1.0 M
$1.8 M
$1.0 M
•   Special line-item reductions
•   TOTAL
$ .4 M
$8.9 M

FY11 Budget Issues
•   Implications of temporary FY10 solutions
•   Uncertainty in revenues
–   Tuition
–   State funding
•   Known increase in costs
•   Permanent reductions/changes
•   Timing of FY11 budget decisions

Campus Updates
•   Commencement - December 19, 2009
•   His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to campus May 18, 2010
•   Women’s Volleyball Team – MVC Champions
•   Senior Josh Mahoney – finalist for the
William V. Campbell Trophy
(academic equivalent for athletes of the Heisman Trophy)
•   Vice Presidents’ Updates

•   Seven departments
•   Six centers
•   Two interdisciplinary units
•   Twelve buildings
•   More than 2,000 students majoring in CNS disciplines

766 majors in Fall 2009, an increase of over 33% since Fall 2004 (UNI increase was 2%)
7 of 10 Biology majors go on to graduate or professional schools

131 majors in Fall 2009, an increase of 20% from a year ago (UNI grew by a little over 1%)
For the past several years, it has graduated more bachelor chemists than any other institution in the state

207 undergraduate majors in
Fall 2009, an increase of 57% from 3 years ago (UNI grew by 5.5%)
Undergraduates in the department have received awards in programming and cyber defense competitions for the last 2 years.

75 undergraduate majors in
Fall 2009, an increase of
27% from last year
In conjunction with a local industry, Earth Science hosted an outreach event,
Sunday at the Quarry, for over 1500 participants this
September

36 graduate majors enrolled in Fall 2009, more than doubling last fall’s enrollment
The Solar Boat team finished
1 st in the world for solar power system design
The Robotics team finished
2 nd in the nation in performance

300 majors in Fall 2009, an increase of 56% from three years ago
Two NSF-supported interinstitutional programs support the inclusion of underrepresented minorities in graduate programs in mathematics

75 majors in Fall 2009, an increase of 83% from three years ago
UNI Physics Department houses the only refereed, international science journal devoted to undergraduate research, the American Journal of
Undergraduate Research

The Science Education
Faculty includes active members from the College of Education, PLS, and CNS
Besides majors and minors, the SE faculty offer inquirybased LAC courses for elementary education majors

Includes faculty members from Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Earth
Science, and HPELS
The MS in Environmental
Science/Technology and
Health is a thesis only degree.

•   Metal Casting Center
•   Tallgrass Prairie Center
•   Center for Energy and Environmental Education
•   Recycle Reuse Technology Transfer Center
•   Center for Teaching and Learning
•   Science Center for Teaching, Outreach and
Research on Meteorology (STORM)